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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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No Left Turn
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Sappho
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Young Technician December, 1957
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a year ago
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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a year ago
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From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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TheCollector
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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CrimethInc.
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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TheCollector
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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11 months ago
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Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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And the Boundless Universe
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TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
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j.hoare
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j.hoare
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Anxiety
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
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TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Classical Wisdom
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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8 months ago
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
5 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
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